Harry Styles buys home in Beverly Hills area for $4 million

Harry Styles lands in L.A.

Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times

The vocal group One Direction is photographed during a day of press for toy maker Hasbro, at the W Hotel in Westwood, Aug. 6, 2013. From left are Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne and Harry Styles.

The vocal group One Direction is photographed during a day of press for toy maker Hasbro, at the W Hotel in Westwood, Aug. 6, 2013. From left are Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne and Harry Styles. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

The privately situated compound, designed by architect Alejandro Ortiz and built in 1967, features a post-and-beam main house with five bedrooms, a detached one-bedroom guest house, a sunken central courtyard with lawn, decks and a swimming pool.

Styles, 20, performed on “The X Factor” in 2010, where the group now called One Direction had its beginnings. The boy band has released three albums and toured around the world. Among their hits have been “Live While We’re Young,” “What Makes You Beautiful” and “Best Song Ever.”

The property previously sold in 2005 for $3.2 million. News of the purchase, which The Times has confirmed, surfaced on the Mirror and Realestalker.

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